Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ellensburg city GEOCODE:53-0380 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,752 100.0% 12,361 100.0% 609 5.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,686 56.9% 6,277 50.8% -409 -6.1 -6.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,003 17.0% 2,329 18.8% 326 16.3 1.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,284 96.0% 11,570 93.6% 286 2.5 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 95 0.8% 74 0.6% -21 -22.1 -0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 185 1.6% 363 2.9% 178 96.2 1.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 76 0.6% 111 0.9% 35 46.1 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 213 1.8% 429 3.5% 216 101.4 1.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 679 5.8% 591 4.8% -88 -13.0 -1.0 5-17.................. 1,377 11.7% 1,281 10.4% -96 -7.0 -1.4 18-24.................. 4,374 37.2% 5,018 40.6% 644 14.7 3.4 25-44.................. 2,708 23.0% 2,865 23.2% 157 5.8 0.1 45-64.................. 1,382 11.8% 1,261 10.2% -121 -8.8 -1.6 65 AND OVER............ 1,232 10.5% 1,345 10.9% 113 9.2 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,056 17.5% 1,872 15.1% -184 -8.9 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 3,000 25.5% 3,143 25.4% 144 4.8 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.8 23.7 -0.1 -0.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,655 $14,456 -2,199 -13.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,870 $24,973 -1,897 -7.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,674 $8,465 -1,209 -12.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,275 23.2% 3,396 33.9% 1,121 49.3 10.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,599 100.0% 4,838 100.0% 239 5.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,310 50.2% 2,212 45.7% -98 -4.2 -4.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,234 26.8% 1,343 27.8% 109 8.8 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,921 41.8% 1,740 36.0% -181 -9.4 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 853 18.5% 773 16.0% -80 -9.4 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 325 7.1% 399 8.2% 74 22.8 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 260 5.7% 251 5.2% -9 -3.5 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,650 35.9% 1,743 36.0% 93 5.6 0.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.1 2.1 -0.0 -2.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,322 100.0% 5,471 100.0% 149 2.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,551 29.1% 1,283 23.5% -268 -17.3 -5.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,424 26.8% 1,631 29.8% 207 14.5 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,082 100.0% 5,974 100.0% 892 17.6 FEMALE................ 2,448 48.2% 3,078 51.5% 630 25.7 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 4,662 91.7% 5,488 91.9% 826 17.7 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,315 25.9% 1,313 22.0% -2 -0.2 -3.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,069 21.0% 1,466 24.5% 397 37.1 3.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,891 100.0% 5,015 100.0% 124 2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,585 93.7% 4,785 95.4% 200 4.4 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,811 39.5% 1,741 36.4% -70 -3.9 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,108 $58,110 -12,998 -18.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,774 60.5% 3,044 63.6% 270 9.7 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $293 $312 19 6.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,450 50.1% 2,436 48.6% -14 -0.6 -1.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 223 4.6% 214 4.3% -9 -4.0 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.8 1962.0 4.2 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis